Paula Reha UNIT 9 BP 91 was/were > Ex.1-2 ‘Was and were are the past tense of amare Present 1 am He/She i fine You We | are ‘They Past 1 He/she | war | fine. Hy You we | were | athome. ‘They Negative 1 He wasnt athome lst weekend, You | soshoalyeterday They | ee Questions Where were you yesterday? Was she at school? Yes, she was /No, she wasn © We use was/were with born, not amisare. Where were you born? Haceraenpeteent Hewas born in Russia, NT seiebormine Busse: > 9.2 Past Simple — irregular verbs > Ex. 3-4 Many common verbs are irregular See the list of irregular verbs on plz Present + Past amiistare wasiwere ea went have hud ‘make made buy bought say said Jind ound ‘to di UNIT 9 EXERCISES 1 Write the replies. 1 Federico Fellini (1920) When wae Federico alin orn? He wae born in 1920, 2 Muhammad Ali (1942) 3 Frank and Wilbur Wright (1867) 4 Galileo Galilei (1564) 5 Marlene Dietrich and Cary Grant (1908) 2. Write two sentences, one negative, and one positive. 1 Pablo Picasso: (writer K artist 7) aba Pieneso wasn'ta writer. le wa a ari. 2 Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley: (British X American 7) 3. [FF Kennedy: (musician X politician 7) 4 Leonardo da Vine: (French X Talian 7) 5 [RR Tolkien and C.S. Lewis (singers X waiters ¥) 3. Write the Past Simple of the irregular verbs. take buy 4. Complete the text with the Past Simple verbs from exercise 4. Las weekend Tim (1) __went to London to see his friends Yolaida and Luis. They were in London on holiday. He @ up early in the morning and (3) tomeet them atthe station. He) them to a Modern Art Gallery ~ Tate Modern. ‘They @) lots of interesting sculptures and paintings. ‘Then they (6) luneh in the restaurant atthe gallery After lunch they (7) shopping in Oxford Street. Yolaida (8). ‘a eautifl bag. It was very cheap ~ £20! ‘Then they (9) goodbye at their hotel and Tim ao) back to his house New Headway Beginer taro common FREEEBIES © Oxford University Press 2010 9